I've recently encountered a problem where my XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE SSD has suddenly become read-only. CrystalDiskInfo is showing a health status of "100% bad," and I'm really worried about losing my data. I was advised to back up my archives quickly since the drive may fail soon. Does anyone have suggestions on how to handle this situation? What steps should I take to try and preserve my data before it's too late?
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From what I've seen, an SSD can show 100% bad health and last anywhere from a few minutes to several months. My wife’s PC had a drive like that for ages before it finally failed completely. Thankfully, I had backups running daily, so when it died, I just restored everything in under an hour.
Having a reliable backup system is super important in situations like these. It’s a good reminder to regularly back up your data to avoid losing it in case your drives have issues.
I was just curious if this was an Adata drive, since they had a lot of reports about SSDs randomly becoming read-only. They’ve had a pretty sketchy reputation for this. I can’t believe you got it at a low price, but it’s a bummer that it turned out like this.
First off, definitely back up all your important files to another storage device right away. It's crucial to ensure your data is safe before anything else. Also, you might want to consider purchasing a new SSD ASAP since this one could fail at any moment.
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